>> the girls say four hours in the dark and cold they'll take pajamas and puzzles over any adventures in the woods any day. bill: when your children say i want a pair of those. you would say absolutely. you get shoes or a flashlight. alisyn: they already have them stphaofplt catch you on friday. have a great day. jenna: brand-new stories and brick break. jon: more concerns about eyes on the skies as a new report says the government can protect privacy from domestic drones. pope francis doing things differently on this holy thursday, we'll show you all "happening now." jon: we begin with an

unprecedented display of military capability. good morning to you. i'm jon scott. jenna: we always like it when it's our display, not other people's. jon: that's a very good thing. jenna: one of our big stories today, everybody, i'm jenna lee, the united states sending two stealth bombers on a mission to south korea. the nuclear capable spirit b-2 bombers dropped off munitions on a south korean island range before returning to missouri. it's not clear if they have been used know past drills, this is the first time the pentagon has announced their use. the military show of force follows multiple threats from north korea. we talked about them, including threats of a nuclear strike on washington and on seoul. the north saying yesterday there is no need for communication in a situation where a war may break out at any moment. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the passenger with more on this. jennifer why? why now? why is the united states

projecting this show of force now? >> reporter: in essence, jenna it's in response to recent north korean statements as you mentioned and action. the b-2 bomber is a stealth aircraft capable of flying nuclear republicans weapons. the north koreans know this. this announcement comes a day after the north korean leader cut off the hotline between his military and south korean forces, a move that could exacerbate an already tense situation on the peninsula. the north korean as have threatened to strike the u.s. with nuclear weapons as you mentioned. its leader put its rocket and artillery forces on the highest military stance on monday. the b-2 flies out of white man air force base in missouri, that is a long round trip, 6500 miles, and shows how serious the passenger is in reminding north korea what u.s. cap pweurlts and it comes on the heels of three b52 flights that were part of these exercises

taking place right now between south korea and the u.s. in the south korean peninsula. jenna: there's been a little bit of a pattern recently, you have north korea testing nuclear weapons, testing rockets and then there are sanctions by the u.n. you have north korea saying they are going to have nuclear war on the united states and we send these planes over. so then what happens next? if we're going back and forth, how do we keep it from escalating? >> reporter: it's a good question and it really is -- both sides are in a dangerous situation right now because each time the u.s. sends a deterrent message the north korean leader who as we know is young and trying to prove himself and trying to consolidate his power in the north becomes very risky. the south korean u.s. exercises which are annual take place until april 30th. the pentagon is concerned

thatafter april 30th that's when kim jong un the young north korean leader may try to do something, an attention-getting exercise if you will and he may miscalculate. without this hotline between the two countries it's very risky. defense secretary chuck hagel spoke to his south korean counterpart yesterday. there could be misunderstanding without this hotline and things are very tense right now. jenna: do we have any idea in the north koreans know about these stealth bombers, we know they are closed to outside press. we are seeing these images, but do we have any indication that the public is in north korea r-r. >> reporter: they may be closed to the outside press. their military is monitoring what the south koreans and the u.s. is doing. the u.s. and the pentagon are clear in wanting to release a press release on the b-2 nights. they announced on monday the b52 flights. they are sending a very clear message and there is no doubt that the north korean leader and the military know that these

flights took place. jenna: we'll continue to watch this story, a big one eights is, thank you. jon: we are awaiting remarks from president obama on his push for stricter gun control laws. he'll be speaking live about 40 minutes from now from the white house and is expected to push congress to pass a gun control bill. we are told the president will be joined by mothers affected by gun violence, victims and law enforcement officials. wendell goler is live at the white house with a preview for us. wendell. >> reporter: jon the president speaking just a couple of hours after court papers were released from the police investigation of the sandy hook elementary school shootings in newtown connecticut. 20 children, 6 adults were killed within five minutes after the gunman entered the school with an assault rifle and a couple of handguns. fox news poll suggest the majority of americans favor all three of the measures mr. obama wants congress to pass, which are a ban on assault weapons, and high capacity magazines and universal background checks, though shoeport has fallen

recently, and support on capitol hill is so low that the senate majority leader has separated the assault weapons and high capacity magazine ban from the rest of the legislation, as one or two amendments. the white house says at least senators will have to vote. >> i can't stand here and guarantee this it's going to pass, but it is a question that one hundred senators are going to ask themselves when they wake up in the morning and look themselves in the mirror about whether or not they are going to -- about which side they are going to be on when it comes to voting on a ban on military-style assault weapons. >> reporter: former congresswoman's gabrielle giffords' husband mark kelly has released an internet video in which he purchases a gun with a pw-bgz check in about five minutes. at least three republican senators plan to filibuster the backed check requirement and the other measures. it will take 60 votes to pass any of them. >> what we've seen from this

congress is a series of proposals to limit the activity of law abiding americans, far more than these laws would restrict potentially violent criminal behavior. so that is my concern here is to make sure we look out for the interest of law abiding americans. >> reporter: the nra opposes universal pw-bgz checks causing them a speed bump for the law abiding. the president's former political organization and a group of mayor led by new york's michael bloomberg is holding what they call a day of action today targeting gun control critics. jon. jon: we'll be hearing from the president in about 30 minutes, 35 minutes or so. wendell goler at the white house. thanks for the preview. jenna: we'll have those remarks live. bob cusack is here the managing editor at the hill. bob it's a random thursday in march, congress is not in washington d.c., why is the president coming out now to make this type of public comment? >> well, jenna, gun control is right now on the ropes.

this is a pivotal press conference for the president. he needs to revive this bill. republicans were interested earlier in the year on striking a deal, they have been less so recently, though we are just reporting this morning that senator grassley is going to be a republican on the judiciary committee, he'll be introducing his own bill, we don't know the details of that. but this effort has been just lagging. senator reid as wendell was saying has gutted gun control, really taken out the assault weapon ban. there will be a vote on that. that is not going to ham. the key thing to watch are pw-bgz checks. can the parti together on background checks and that's what i think the president is going to be focusing on if he gets background checks it's a big win, if he doesn't it will be viewed as a watered down bill. jenna: and what is the risk of that? >> i think the risk for all these senators on a variety of these votes is that they are going to be criticized either by

the nra, or by mike bloomberg, and both the nra and mike bloomberg are very active in elections. this could come up in primaries, in the general election in 2014, but it remains to be seen. president obama's effort to get immigration reform is ahead of gun control because republicans want a deal on that. on gun control just not as much. jenna: the president has had at least nine events related to gun control since the shootings in sandy hook. the vice president has had at least 25 events since mid december on gun control, and bob we've seen different school district have come up with new regulations to keep their students safe, we've seen states, entire states have new gun control measures. what is actually playing out in the federal government that can't be done that has been done on a local level and what does that tell us about where gun control is in this country? >> well, that's where some republicans are saying that it should be left up to the states in connecticut, they have very strict gun rules, and that's

what the g.o.p. has pointed out. the white house is frustrated there is no doubt about it. the polls do suggest that people want this. but in congress more than half of the members have an a rating from the nra. and in this case of emotional in the wake of this tragedy you really have to move quickly. emotion does drive legislation, but now it's been a while. jenna: what do you think, bob, what chances are you giving it, at the epd of this year, or by the summer, that we actually see some sort of legislation pass? what do you think are the chances? >> i think there is going to be a bill passed in the senate. it remains to be seen in the house. they are going slower. obviously republicans control the house. i think a bill will pass. it just remains to be scene whether there are background checks. that is the teetering thing, that is what the president will be focusing on. the gun control activists may say it's no good it's too week. jenna: half an hour the president will talk we'll a much watch for any comments on the

background checks as you say it's key. great to see you as always. jon: new developments in the push for immigration reform. the gang of 8 a group of sevens from both parties touring our southern border yesterday as they work together to pass a sweeping immigration bill. could we see legislation passed in just the next few months? it's a possibility. plus, a firefighter responding to a car accident nearly loses his life in another. the incredible video, and the outcome, next. phrap

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>> some incredible new video to share with you of a horrific crash that nearly killed a firefighter. crews in ohio were responding to an accident on an icy highway. watch the left of your screen, you see a pickup truck careen off the road just missing the firefighter standing on the bank. but then watch closely, another out of control vehicle slams

right into the firefighter, sending him flying through the air. here is that moment again spot shod tkoed. and get that after that hit incredibly, and certainly pwe fortunately the firefighter suffered only minor injuries. jenna: new information on the push for immigration reform. the president says he expects to see a final bill pass in congress by this summer. his row marks coming off a bipartisan group of sevens, we often talk them as the gang of eight missed a selfimposed deadline by the end of march. the group is making progress and president obama believes they will be able to introduce a bill on the senate floor next month. >> i believe so. i'm actually optimistic about this. in part because i think both republicans, as well as democrats are now recognizing that it's the right thing to do. i've always said that it's going to require bipartisan action.

we are seeing right now a goodbye partisan spirit. i want to encourage that. jenna: we have a fox news political analyst, angela mcgowan. what is the proper expectation for a bill like this getting through congress? >> i believe that april is too optimistic but i do believe that we will have something by june, july. that's what the gang of eight said that they would like to do, to have a vote on comprehensive immigration reform. jenna: by something, what do you mean, though? >> well, what we need to do is have the house and the senate come up with a version that they both can agree on. and the gang of eight is key, rubio is key. i was glad to see that senator flake and also senator mccain went to the borders. jenna: they did that yesterday, didn't they? >> they did that yesterday to actually see what is going on. the the challenge is though you have conservatives that see a pathway to citizenship as

amnesty, then you have liberals that believe this certain proposals don't see far enough. that's why i'm saying you'll see something. before the president can sign a bill both the house and senate have to agree. jenna: the president has put out timelines before when it comes to immigration reform. here is what he actually said on the campaign trail. >> the american people need us to put an end to the petty partisanship that passes for politics in washington and they need us to enact comprehensive immigration reform once and for all. [cheers and applause] >> we can't wait 20 years from now to do it, we can't wait ten years from now to do it. we need to do it by the end of my first term as president. jenna: it didn't happen by the end of his first term but one could argue there was a lot going on during the past four years. he has now four more years to be president. why now? why does he want it done now? >> number one because of his legacy, number two this administration has deported more illegals than the bush

administration two years combined. so you have advocacy groups that are now latino advocacy groups going after the president saying he should stop deportation against illegals and actually put forth something. jenna: he's not running for re-election. >> he's not running for re-election but 2014 is around the corner. jenna: i'm not ready for it. >> we just had a presidential election. president obama puts politics before policy and he wants to see a democrat house and senate. so this could be a key piece of legislation to also demonize conservatives where julie roginski my friend said a lot of conservatives aret no poeb bic. >> you said that is a stereotype being put out there. >> exactly. jenna: what would be a win for both parties if they could get a bill together, a reform and either side could claim victory. what is one thing either side need to have in the bill to happen. >> its not actually having what

is in the bill, it's actually passing a bill, it's symbolic because americans believe that washington d.c. is broken. president obama is losing face with the latino community. for all side to win they need to agree on something to get before the president, a law. jenna: i want to ask you something that is really important that doesn't get a lot of attention when we go back and forth to the right and left with immigration reform it has to do with outside groups like labor organizations, like the chamber of commerce all that have a hand in this legislation. what do you think their roles are and how integral are those roles to whatever we see here. >> very big question, they have a big organization. not only do they have a hand in the legislation they also give political action committee money, and both organizations cannot agree on the low-skill worker program. unions want to protect their employees that they already have and the u.s. chamber of commerce like to bring low scaled labor workers in nor lower wages. they need to work that out as

well. jenna: a quick question, we talked to bob about gun control during the first part of our show. when it comes to gun control legislation or immigration reform -- you're laughing, you know what i'm going to ask, which takes precedent when everybody gets back from their holiday recess? >> it's going to be immigration reform. because that's something that they can get through and both side even the white house they need a victory now and i still think that they are farther apart on gun control than they are on immigration reform. jenna: something to watch. we'll watch the president again on gun control in about 20 minutes. thank you very much. always nice to see you. jon: an update to a story we've told you about. remember this a florida multi-millionaire to tried to save his fortune by adopting his 42-year-old girlfriend. well now a judge is reversing that adoption. so what happens to all the money? we have the latest. also, president obama just returning from a trip to the middle east. what impact is he having on america's image around the world? some surprising new poll numbers

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florida, a judge there overturning a controversial adoption case. rick folbaum has it live from the newsroom. jon this is the story of the florida real estate tycoon who wanted to legal lea don't his longtime girlfriend as a way to protect some of his own fortune during a civil lawsuit against him. 49-year-old john goodmam was facing having to pay a huge financial settlement in a civil case adopting his 42-year-old girlfriend as one of his legal children allowed him to set up a trust fund for her totaling almost $17 million. at first a court in florida allowed the adoption. but yesterday that was overturned, the judge saying the adoption of his girlfriend was,

quote, contrary to the good purposes of such an action, so he threw that out. he is now serving a 16-year sentence for his roll in a drunk driving accident that killed a 23-year-old man. prosecutors say he left the scene of that accident knowing that the driver of the other car involved was submerged in water after his vehicle had flipped into a canal. court record show that goodman paid the man's parents $46 million total in civil damages after their son's death. back to you. jon: what an update, thank you. jenna: the president once enjoyed extraordinary good will overseas. the popularity few presidents have ever known and some suggested that his pop hraeur popularity as an individual would be good for our country, increase our reputation if you will. on the heels of his return from israel as commander-in-chief a new gallup poll shows america's

reputation overseas has taken a dip. james rosen is live from our d.c. bureau. james we help the big massive crowd when candidate obama spoke in berlin in 2008. there was a big speech in cairo as president he made. what we look at the numbers what are they telling us now about what type of reception the president would receive at this time? >> reporter: well they are unmistakable the data here, jenna a gallup poll of citizens in 130 countries and released this month finds median approval ratings for u.s. leadership have fallen by 8 points since barack obama became president to 41%, the lowest of his presidency. in the eyes of the world the high point for president obama may have been when he accepted the nobel peace prize in norway. today his median rating stands highest in africa where the 70% approval rating is points from four years ago. in north africa that approval rating falls to less than 33%. in pakistan and the palestinian

authority nearly 8 in ten disapprove of u.s. leadership. >> we have to be engaged and we can't lead from behind or the middle, we have to lead from the front, and i believe that the administration is now coming to understand what fact a lot more clearly, and we saw it in the president's trip to the middle east, which has actually a very positive scorecard. >> reporter: low as the numbers have fallen gallup reports approval ratings for the most part remain stronger than they were at the end of president bush's tenure, jenna. jenna: that brings us to the next question about how these compare. because when there is a new person out there, there is a lot of excitement around them and so is this decline something typical that we would see of american presidents when they reach their second term? >> reporter: well gallup has only been asking foreigners to rate u.s. leadership since 2005. as part of its global attitude project pew research found

americans standing overseas held fairly stayed defrom 2005 to 2008 then nose dived with developed nations blaming us for the financial crisis and arab and muslim countries displeased by the wars in afghanistan and iraq. >> when i became undersecretary of state for public diplomacy where my job was really to tell america's story to people around the world it was absolutely my opinion that simply having people like you is not enough, and in fact it's not really the point of foreign policy. the point is to achieve america's national interests. >> reporter: follow me on twitter@james rosen fnc and i'll tell you which president, bush 43 or obama visited more foreign countries by this point in their respective tenures. jenna: just tell us now, come on. >> reporter: i'll give you a hint it's one of the two men. jenna: great, nice one. james, thank you. jon: he's a tough one to crack

that james rosen. are you concerned about protecting your privacy? a new report on the growing use of drones right here in the united states. could they be spying on you? the recommendations to keep americans safe from prying eyes in the sky. also, pope francis breaking with tradition on this holy thursday. how the pontiff is commemorating the last supper in a new way. [ male announcer ] just when you thought you had experienced performance a new ride comes along and changes everythi. the powerful gs. get great values on your favorite lexus models during the mmand performance sales event.

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jenna: welcome back, everyone. new information on use of drones and privacy. dallas-based think tank is issuing new recommendation. among them the homeland security and justice department draw up guidelines to better protect americans. the think tank says congress should put limitations on the technology. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live in washington with more. >> reporter: thank you, jenna. report by the national center for policy analysis which describes itself as nonpartisan think tank for use of unarmed domestic drones and makes recommendations to bridge the privacy gap in the existing law. among the many law enforcement benefits the report cites a february 20 12 standoff in north dakota first publicized case drones were used to arrest american citizens and farming dispute that led to 16 hour standoff.

the california manhunt for christopher dormer, in february may have relied on surveillance drones when they tracked him down before he killed himself. unlicensed domestic drone systems the report says the use will expand beyond the law enforcement funk, agriculture, monitor crops and take scientific measurements as well. while the technology is powerful the author warns it still needs fine tuning. >> in this case what you're talking about you have to secure the command-and-control of the drones so they can't be spoofed or hacked, so, terrorists can't take them over or criminal organizations can't take them over and use them for nefarious purposes. >> reporter: among the report's recommendations the privacy guidelines be drawn up by departments of homeland security and justice department to cover domestic drones in the u.s. and there should be a national and state databases. there should be established

so the public can openly search who the operators are, the purpose of these systems, the flight information. also the security policies. and the reports author concludes there needs to be some kind of congressional action and we started to see that on the senate side with senator udall. jenna? jenna: we'll see if the government takes the advice. that is the question. >> reporter: we'll see if government is the answer, right? jenna: that is also an excellent question. we need a whole hour on this. catherine, thank you. >> reporter: you're welcome. jon: today is holy thursday or maundy thursday. pope francis is kicking off four taste -- days of easter celebration commemorating christ's last supper at st. john's basilica in rome and washing the feet of priests there. instead the pontiff will go to one of the city's prison to wash the feet of young inmates. stephen white a fellow with the catholic studies program with the ethics in public policy center is our guest

now. this is the first noneuropean pope in 1300 years. quite a break from tradition there. the washing feet of prisoners apparently another one, steve? >> this will be the first time that a pope will be leaving the vatican to do this in a prison. it is worth noting that, it will be reenacting a ceremony that jesus did. jesus washed the feet of his a poll ses -- apostles on the night before he died. he will do something christ did before he himself was taken off to prison. it is appropriate he is doing that in the setting he is. jon: in biblical times the feet were considered a dirty part of the body and they were often dirty just stomping the roads with days of barefoot or sandal travel. washing the feet you were doing the ultimate to help someone who was a guest in your home. that is why christ did it. the pope is doing something very much like it with these prisoners. the thing that interests me, many of the people in the prison apparently are either

muslim or atheist. i wonder will they get the significance or does that matter? >> i don't know if they get the significance immediately. but if you ever had your feet washed by someone else, it can be sort of a touching experience. you know, one of the things to note is that when jesus did this to his apostles and washing feet of men including judas who betrayed him couple hours later and men who abandoned him when he was taken off and crucified and he was willing to wash their feet, in a sense, they were unworthy of being served. it is that message of mercy, love exceeds justice. always accounts for justice but exceeds justice. that message of mercy and service that jesus was trying to teach his apostles. that is the same message that the pope is passing on when he is washing the feet of young criminals in a sense? these are people who, he has chosen to wash their feet

not just because they're miss understood or society betrayed them. probably a lot of these guys are in fact guilty of crimes. and yet, he is going to wash their feet. mercy exceeds justice and it is that love, that undeserved love, that is the heart of this ceremony. jenna: steve, we should mention to the viewers we brief that is happening as we speak. we expect to get some pictures of that a little later today. we'll share those with our viewers that get them. struck by something pope put on twitter. the pope and twitter, relatively new, pope benedict started it. here he is what he said being with jesus demands that we go out from ourselves and delivering a tired and habitual faith. that seams like a pretty strong message to the church. as an institution, steven. what do you take from that sort of comment during the holy week? >> well the church has lots of traditions. we have them for a very good

reason. but it's easy, especially i think in the west, in a secular west to overintellectualize christianety. christianity is not about an idea and not about the rituals that we do. those are very, very important things. the church has a long and important, very valuable intellectual tradition but those things are there because they point to personality reality. they point to a person whose name is jesus christ. it is encounter with jesus christ is the purpose of the church. if the church is not bringing people to christ it doesn't exist what it exists to do. i think that is his message. that is not a new message. the church always taught that. the his predecessors taught that but i don't think it takes anything away from the humility and love of his predecessors to suggest that pope francis demonstrates this in a way that compliments the work and pontiff cat of the intellectual giants before him. jenna: some suggested that he is going a little rogue

here going to the prison and doing this some of the comments that he made and going off campus if you will from the vatican and into other neighborhood churches. do you believe he is doing that? is he pushing back a little bit on the institution? do you see him more or less falling in step with a different style? >> well, i don't know that the style and traditions are really unrelated. i think he is clearly breaking from certain traditions. the things he chose to war when he was announced it the world as a new pope. he has chosen to live in a simple guest house rather than fancier ap -- a pstolic apartments. this is not a break from teaches of the church. this is not saying we were doing it wrong and we need to do it a different way now. but i think he is emphasizing certain things not emphasized by others in the past. he is not contradicting his predecessors. he is complimenting what

they said. he said something in the homily mass which is what he celebrated today. sheep are not known for being particularly good smelling animals. my advice to the priests if you're going to be a pastor and good shepherd to people probably indicative if you're doing your job well that you're actually smelling like sheep. i want pastors and shepherds that smell like sheep. if you don't smell like the people, you don't smell like sheep, you're not living with the flock and in and amongst them. that is not to make the pastors indistinguishable from the flock but there has to be a connect with the flock and it has to be that personal connection. i said ultimately this is about personality -- personal reality not ideas and traditions. >> seeps he has a way with words, right, jon? stephen. says something you can kind of envision that. smell like sheep, jon. jon: we will continue to watch the actions of this new pope and if we get those

pictures from the foot-washing ceremony at the prison we'll certainly share them with our viewers. stephen white from the ethics in public policy center. thank you. jenna: always good to have stephen with us. a lot of things going on for his first big holiday. the olympic blade runner may soon be returning to competition. what the judge's ruling enmos for oscar pistorius's ability to leave south africa. we're awaiting a historic launch, a rocket lawn. one american among the crew members head to the international space station a live report on why this mission is like no other before it. i'm the giants mascot. eat up! new jammin jerk chicken soup has tasty pieces of chicken with rice and beans. you know the giants don't have a mascot right mom? [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right.

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jon: a legal victory for the olympic "blade runner" now charged with murder oscar pistorius. rick folbaum live in the newsroom with the update there. rick? >> reporter: jon, pistorius's lawyers says the olympic athlete has no plans to race right now but that will change.

so the judge's ruling allows him to compete internationally whenever he decide he wants to. there are conditions though. first he has to give the court at least a week's notice before he travels. and the court will hold onto his passport. so he has to get it from a judge before he goes anywhere. he also has to give it back to the court within 24 hours of returning home to south africa. some other bail restrictions that had been leveled were lifted as well. including a ban on drinking alcohol. he can also now return to his home where the valentine's day shooting took place. pistorius is charged with premeditated murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend, model reeva steenkamp. prosecutors say pistorius shot her through a closed bathroom door while she was in the couples bathroom after the two had argued. pistorius claims he had no idea it was steenkamp in the bathroom and he thought he was shooting an intruder who had broken into the home in the middle. night. pistorius is out on about $100,000 bail awaiting trial. the double-amputee known as

the blade runner became famous in last summer a's london games running alongside other athletes. his next court date is june the 4th. prosecutors say they hope they can get the trial started before the end of this year. back to you. jon: no word when we will compete or where? >> reporter: his lawyers say he doesn't plan to compete right now. but he has to earn money. running in races around the world is a way to do that to earn an income. he has to be allowed to do that and the judge agreed. jon: rick folbaum, thanks. jenna: we're hours away from a historic rocket launch in russia and one american is among the crewmembers heading to the international space station today. for the first time a russian rocket is carrying astronauts and is set to reach the iss the same day as the launch, a quick trip. steve harrigan live in miami with more. steve? >> reporter: jenna it will be much quicker than usual, perhaps just a six-hour trip if everything goes well. because the soyuz spacecraft

will be on a fast track projection. it will take off just after the international space station passes overhead. instead of normal two days this could take just six hours. nasa astronaut chris cassidy who is also a navy seal will be on board with two russian colleagues and they will take off from the cosomodrome from the flat steps of kazakhstan 4:43 eastern time this afternoon, jenna. jenna: and it is the russians that are in charge of this whole mission? >> reporter: well the six-person command is first time run by a canadian this time who is already on the international space station but the russians really are the own which ones with the rockets right now to get people on and off the space station. the soyuz rockets which power the soyuz spacecraft to the international space station since the end of the u.s. shuttle program in 2011. so the u.s. is paying a heavy tab for hitching a ride with the russians. about the $63 million for the round-trip ticket. jenna? jenna: wow! steve, thank you.

jon: some new developments to tell you about in the fight against prostate cancer. dr. samati is in with a look at the new tests that could spare men from the harsh treatments they do not need. hello?

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jon: no secret every year hundreds of thousands of men in this country are diagnosed with prostate cancer. many of them undergo harsh

and invasive treatments that they really don't need. now, new tests are showing promise in reducing the number of these false alarms. talk about it with dr. david samati, chief of the robotics division at mt. sinai school of medicine and fox news medical a-teamer and in treatment of prostate cancer. psa test as you always has been the standard but the problem is gives a lot of false-positives is is that true. >> that stands for prostate specific antigen. many things such as enlarged prostate, inflammation of prostate and prostate cancer can bump up the psa that is part of the problem we're having are a lot of false alarms. almost four out of five people with the elevated test they may or may not have cancer. that is why they go through all the biopsies and they're unnecessary biopsies. jon: up to now, if your prostate, if your psa number is elevated, you may have to

submit for some of these biopsies and very unpleasant and unnecessary medical tests. >> that's true. but i also, in the hands of a lot of experts who deal with pros kate cancer, look, the psa has gotten a lot of negative publicity over the past few years. there is a whole jihad against psa but the truth is it is actually a good test. you just have to know how to interpret this. a lot of people who deal with prostate cancer you have to look at history, look at jump in the psa you have to examine the patient properly and there is a lot of detective work. having said that the genetic tests will help us who to distinguish who is really at risk and who is not. jon: so the tests that are coming on the market now use other markers to help really focus in on boss trait cancer? >> absolutely. we've been waiting for this for the last decade or so. a lot of companies come up with genetic tests that have different tumor markers and multiple panels. instead of one test and one protein.

the health has four different types. that will narrow if two patients come into my office both with elevated psa who is really at risk and who is not. let's cut down on the number of biopsies. jon, even after you have done the biopsy, or even if you had the surgeries, there are genetic tests coming up who will tell us who will fail the surgery and who will need radiation after that or not. this is very exciting time in the field of prostate cancer and the field of genetic testing. jon: isn't also the case that some prostate cancers are so slow-growing treatment is actually worse than the illness. >> that is true. 60% of the patients, have slow-growing cancer. but we want to be careful still. that is still 28,000 people die. just had a patient this week that actually cancer spread to the bone. it is unfortunate because we could have saved him. you have to really understand this disease and know who has the slow growing and who does not. we're having difficulty

right now. i'm hoping with the genetic tests that would help us tremendously. jon: good news for men so they can avoid some of these questions. >> talk to multiple doctors before you make a decision. that is the big thank. jon: dr. david samati. thanks for coming on. jenna? jenna: new documents in released in the newtown massacre and what they it will tell us about adam lanza and the tear firing moments that friday afternoon. friday morning i should say. we're waiting for president obama to deliver remarks any minute on gun violence. what will the comments tell us about the gun control debate on capitol hill? you see this starting at the white house. one of the big questions where the potential legislation go on capitol hill and what potentially new laws could we see. we'll have the president's remarks live just ahead.

jenna: the president just talking a little bit about the grieve that families have been through. he's paying attention to what he says about gun control and that debate that rages on capitol hill on otherwise. let's take a listen. >> thousands of americans have been stolen from our lives by a phreut from a gun over the last hundred days. including adea penelton who was killed on her way to school less than two months ago and whose mom is here today. everything they lived for and hoped for taken away in an instance. we have moms on the stage whose children were killed as recently as 35 days ago. i don't think any of us who are parents can hear their stories and not think about our own daughters and our own sons and our own grandchildren. we all feel that it is our first impulse as parents to do

everything we can to protect our children from harm, to make any sacrifice to keep them safe. to do what we have to do to give them a future where they can grow up and learn and explore and become the amazing people they are destined to be. that's why in january joe biden leading a task force came up with and i put forward a series of common-sense proposals to reduce the epidemic of gun violence and keep our kids safe. in my state of the union address i called on congress to give these proposals a vote. and in just a couple of weeks they will. earlier this month the senate advanced some of the most important reforms designed to reduce gun violence. all of them are consistent with the second amendment, none of them will infringe on the rights of responsible gun owners. what they will do is keep guns out of the hands of dangerous

people who put others at risk. this is our best chance in more than a decade to take common-sense steps that will save lives. as i said when i visited newtown, just over three months ago, if there is a step we can take that will save just one child, just one parent, just another town from experiencing the same grief that some of the moms and dads who are here have endured then we should be doing it. we have an obligation to try. in the coming weeks members of congress will vote on whether we should require universal background checks for anyone who wants to buy a gun so that criminals or people with severe mental illnesses can't get their hands on one. they'll vote on tough new penalties for anyone who buys guns only to turn around and sell them to criminals.

they'll vote on a measure that would keep weapons of war and high capacity ammunition magazines that facilitate these mass killings off our streets. they'll get to vote on legislation that will help schools become safer and help people struggling with mental health problems to get the treatment that they need. none of these ideas be controversial. why won't we want to make it more difficult for a dangerous person to get his or her hand on a gun? why wouldn't we want to close the loophole that allows as many as 40% of all gun purchases to take place without a background check? why wouldn't we do that? and if you ask most americans outside of washington, including many gun owners, some of these ideas, they don't consider them controversial. right now 90% of americans, 90% support background checks that will keep criminals and people who have been found to be a danger to themselves also or others from buying a gun.

more than 80% of republicans agree. more than 80% of gun owners agree. think about that. how often do 90% of americans agree on anything? [laughter] >> it never happens. many other reforms are supported by clear majorities of americans. and i ask every american to find out where your member of congress stand on these ideas. if they are not part of that 90% who agree that we should make it harder for a criminal or somebody with a severe mental illness to buy a gun, then you should ask them, why not? why are you part of the 10 per? jenna: the president talking about different aspects of potential legislation that we could see on capitol hill, and his push to try to get something done in light of what happened at sandy hook elementary school back in mid december. it's been several months now and a big question is, what is to

come when it come to gun control ledge laces specially when there seems to be a little bit of a flailing momentum on capitol hill and otherwise to do so. we will be watching this very carefully when congress returns from recess in about a week. you can watch the president's entirely marks streaming live right ou on foxnews.com. we just heard about gun control from the president but many americans really may still be focused more on the economy than on gun control, and that's one of the things we're going to be talking about when we start off this new hour of "happening now." hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. the dow hitting new highs recently. unemployment ticking down, home prices annette worth going up. but across the country many folks are feeling, well the good news doesn't exactly hit them where it counts, in their wallets. by a nearly two to one margin 59% say the country is on the wrong track. 33.8% say we are headed in the

right direction, and check out this craft it shows how the numbers have changed since the election. the red line on top for wrong track moving steadily higher. the president's approval numbers are down sharp here since a boost after his re-election, although they are starting to rise again. you are our own chris stirewalt saying the reason for the country's pessimism may be rooted in pocketbook issue. in january the post-election tax deal took effect and quote an across the board increase in federal payroll taxes kicked in as households in the median income raining saw their take home pay drop by $40 a week, gas prices shot up by 50-cents a gallon. if the votress don't wart to feel an economic recovery in a real way democrats could suffer the same drubbin good 2014 than they got in 2010 after obama care became law. right now on capitol hill republicans control the house with 232 seats. democrats have 200 in that

body. three seats are empty waiting to be filled. on the senate side democrats hold the balance of power with 53 seats, republicans have 45, and there are two independents who generally vote with the democrats. fox news contributor joe trippi was howard dean's presidential campaign manager, and joins us now to digest some of these numbers. why do you think, joe, the president's approval ratings are dropping fairly precipitously? >> i think chris stirewalt has it right with one caveat, the other thing that happens is right after an election or re-election the president's numbers, any president's numbers usually soar a little bit then there is a drift back. i think it's both that drift back and then the realities of payroll taxes kicking in. there was a payroll tax holiday. it doesn't matter whether it's a new increase or not it's still 40 or $50 less in your check. plus gas prices going up. you're seeing people respond to

that, and see that in the numbers that the -- increased numbers of people thinking the country is heading the wrong direction. the interesting thing, though, jon, is throughout this, and it's not new for obama, but his favorable ratings is actually moving up to 57%. there is a difference between, i approve of the job that i'm seeing or approve of my pocketbook or the direction of the country and whether they like the president. and 57%, the highest number of anybody in washington i and both john boehner and harry reid and other leaders in washington have much lower favorability ratings and much lower job approvals. the president's personal favorability, the american people like him and that has always held him up a little bit to actually get some more of his policies through. i know it's sort of, seems ab a seesaw that doesn't make sense

but it does because of his personality popularity not necessarily his policies. jon: we heard the president say in that white house ceremony that if there is a step we can take regarding gun control then we ought to take it, let's do it. that's what he said. chris stirewalt points out in his column today that if the president really wants to take those steps what he ought to do is lean on some democratic senators who are -- seem to be balking at gun control legislation and try to get them to vote the way that he wants them to vote. what do you think about that? >> well, look, i think the only way we're going to get real gunnery form or any real reform is to get both sides. the problem we've got is that we're moving into this 2014 elections already on us, and i think chris stirewalt is right, there are democrats who without pressure may not be there with the president on gun control. we saw that on the recent budget

votes where three or four u.s. senators, democratic senators who were up for re-election in 2014 did not vote for the democratic senate bill. so, i think that's what we're up against right now. you've got a lot of people believing economically we're headed in the wrong direction. you see the president, i think picking up some negatives by pushing so hard on gun control. many people feel strongly about that. and at the same time we now have both republicans and democrats looking at some of these key issues, in terms of looking over their shoulder about trying to avoid a primary, if you're a republican you're not going to move and compromise on something like gun control and democrats looking at re-elections. it's going to be a very interesting two years. jon: it's going to be interesting. we'll see what happens in 2014. joe trippi, thank you. >> thanks, jon. jenna: the president is still speaking about gun violence right now. there is new information in the sandy hook school massacre, newly released documents that give a chilling account of what happened that day as well as a

disturbing list of items recovered at the home of the murderer. rick leaf even that you will is live with more. >> reporter: these warrants have been sealed since the day of the shooting to protect the investigation. they reveal that adam lan today's shooting spree lasted less than five minutes with more than 160 round fired in the school. he had a gun safe in his bedroom and a witness told the f.b.i. that he attended sandy hook element throw and the school was his life. he parked his mother's car in the fire lane after killing his mother in her bed at home and gunned down 20 first graders and six adult educators in a hall which and two classrooms before killing himself as police closed in. inside his mother's honda civic there was a 12-gauge shot gun with two magazines and 70 round of withi winchester shotgun shells. a witness told investigators adam rarely left his home, was a shut in, an avid gamer who

preferred call of duty. inside that home in a gun safe, closet, duffle bag, shoe bag and file cabinets investigators found hundreds and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, including more than 400 round of.to 22 caliber bullets. hundreds of round of .45 alpwer bullets. tkolgzs of rounds of shotgun shells, 20 round 12-gauge drum magazines. at least two rifles, numerous long knives. a spear, and bayonet and three sam awry schwarzenneger. sam samuri swords. numerous cellphones, memory card, hard drives and journals and drawings penned by adam lien today and a holiday card and check from nance she to adam to purchase a firearm. there are also books. my life with as perfectinger's and inside the mind of an

artistic savant. the investigation isn't expected to be finished until june, jenna. jenna: we'll look for that. thank you. jon: serious assault allegations against the young pop superstar justin bieber. legal sources calling his alleged crime an exthraoepl lea tkpwres i have and -- extremely aggressive and disgusting act. we'll tell you what he's accused of doing and whether he'll face prosecution here. and on an island on the west coast the ground gives way, one home already gone, many more at risk. why geologists say it is still not safe to go home. >> it just started to move out there we just lost another two and a half feet around the fence. >> i expect we will lose these two homes. house on thanksgiving day, and i have a massive heart attack right in my driveway. the doctor put me on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. go talk to your doctor. you're not indestructible anymore.

jenna: a story we first showed you yesterday. as soon as we had live pictures we brought them to you. homes teetering on the edge as the earth keeps crumbling away in washington state. geologists are on the scene

testing nor a massive landslide on width r-r island. yesterday the hillside just collapsed, snapping trees and cracking foundations. the thundering sound was heard miles away. one house fell off the cliff, dozens of other homes, people in the homes were evacuated, and some residents fear their homes could be next. >> i don't know if you want to stand here much longer. it's beginning to shake. >> i'm getting everything out and keeping an eye on the cliff. >> i used to have a beautiful yard, i don't any more. >> we don't even know where the trucks are going, we are just getting them the hell out of here. >> it's kind of painful to look at it. kind of number numbing to be honest. jenna: here is why it's so painful to look at. look at what was their backyard before, you can see the trees and openess and this is what happened yesterday, the picture on your right there. dan springer is streaming live

from whidbey island with more. >> reporter: the initial slide happened at 4:00 this the morning yesterday, just behind me in the area behind that sign that says caution, slide area. and we are told that the earth is still moving and will be moving for some time, perhaps even as long as months from now. the issue is still very fluid. this part of whidbey island as you might suspect is prone to landslide but this one is massive and much more destructive than normal. it's 500 yards long and dropped 700 yards pushing one house off its foundation and a couple hundred yard into the water, into the paoupblgett pew jet sound. the homeowner managed to escape but when he got to his truck and got in he found his home was gone. four other homes are in serious jeopardy. >> they are cons tonight lee sliding.

it's still very steep. it will continue to slide until it stabilizes. >> reporter: 34 houses were evacuated, most of those residents will be allowed back home today we're told but 17 of the homes are not reachable because as i said there is no road. so this is going to be impacting people for many, many weeks or months. the good news, there were no injuries, residents were evacuated by boat and one guy by an alterrain vehicle that was driven across microsoft ceo steve balmer's property. i was taken out because he needed medication. he couldn't get out any other way besides that atv. most of the homes are used only for weekend and vacation homes. again this will be an issue for a longtime for people as they can't get down this road and take the fork down because it's covered by tons and tons of debris. jenna: our hearts go out to them, what an unexpected event to suddenly happen to you and your property. an incredible story, dan, thank you. jon: imagine a guy who is in his

home at 4:00am, slid down the cliff and still had the presence of mind to get out of there. unbelievable. there is new information on assault allegations against pop superstar justin bieber. multiple law enforcement sources are telling us that the l.a. county sheriff is investigating rick folbaum is live with more. >> reporter: we are told when when the investigation is done it will go to the da's office. it stems from a confrontation between bieber and one of his neighbors who had come to the pop star's house complaining about bieber speeding around their neighborhood tuesday driving at speeds around 100 miles an hour. that's when the neighbor said bieber spit on him and threatened to kill him. bieber denies both the spitting and the threat, though his representatives admit things did get heated between the two. tmz says bieber felt justified arguing with the guy especially after he ran onto bieber's property uninvited. in fact the singer's people

think that the neighbor was trespassing at the time. so a lot of things going on here again an investigation underway by the sheriff's department there outside of los angeles. we'll just have to wait and see how all of this plays out. jon: keep us updated. thanks. jenna: bieb duty. got to watch him every day. texting and driving is certainly a dangerous habit we know that and we often blame teenagers for their bad behavior as young drivers, and now we are learning that apparently they are not the worst offenders. we're you who is just ahead. and who doesn't like to brighten their day, take a little break when hour at the desk and look at pictures of adorable animals? what evil could lurk behind a link to a video on cute kittens? how is that possible? before you click on the link you need to hear this. we'll tell you next. look at that little guy. when you have diabetes...

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scrambling to secure their computer systems after the latest cyber attack. it targeted a major spam-blocking company and slowed down internet service for millions of americans. as you know cyber security is a major issue and to stay safe some executives are calling in these people that are called ethical hackers. think about that, to set up a fake cyber attack to trick you. so what these folks do is they send employees an email that says something about having photos of cute kittens or something like that and if the employee clicks through there is not going to be obviously the kittens, it's going to be a warning saying that they've had

a hacking incident and they might have compromised their company's entire system. that is just one example. joining is now is someone who joins us for a living. ryan jones is a management consultant for trust wave holding incorporated. do we have that right? beside the kittens what else is it that you do to see if employees really are being safe out there. >> sometimes it's kittens, other times it's more physical and social, like in their face kind of thing. we'll use things like maybe a delivery uniform, or crutches to kind of get our way into the front door. jenna: i've read in one incident that you actually used crutches to get into someone's company and then set up surveillance cameras that they didn't know about? tell us about that. >> yeah, the company hired us to get in, and so i used crutches to kind of get the sympathy of the person that was walking in the back door of the company after having a cigarette. and i used the crutches to have

them not ask me questions as i tried to work my way into the door. they actually ended up helping me in the door. since they were helping me they didn't notice i i didn't have a beige, badge, i didn't work for the company. i planted a couple of microphones to prove to the client that i had got even in and some of the levels of damage that could happen. jenna: you could really steal information from the company, which is part of the problem with cyber security is you don't want people to infiltrate your computer systems and steal any of your company's secrets n. general when we talk about, oh, don't click on this link when you get it i think most people say, oh, who would click on a random link when you get it in your email. ryan, in your experience how many of us do click on that link and maybe compromise our company by doing that or our own computer? >> when it comes to the email attacks like you're talking about with the clicking of the

links we haven't had an unsuccessful one yet where people click links. we use different techniques, you mentioned the cat earlier. other times we'll make it look like it's the upcoming christmas party for the company and they need to log into a site to check whether they want fish, chicken or beef. that saoeult is controlled by us, we are harvesting their passwords and logins. and we go back to the company and say here is a which to teach your employees to detect this is a fake email. jenna: if i got that email for a company party i would go ahead and click on it. i wouldn't think it was fake. is there anyway when you get an email that might seem out of the ordinary to just do a little checking yourself before you go ahead and click away? >> in the case of something like the christmas email, the christmas party email if you haven't heard anything about that and all of a sudden an email just pops up that might be one little trigger. also, if you hold your mouse

over the actual link and it's not a link to an internal company machine, or it's a weird-looking ip address or a weird looking url that is usually another good clue that it's not a real email. also if you -- one more is if you hold your mouse over the actual email address sometimes it just says, you know, xyz company security or xyz company's it department. if you look at the email address you'll see it came from somewhere else outside of your company. jenna: that is good advice. have you ever been hacked, ryan, i'm curious, because you're an ethical hacker. >> not that i know of. jenna: i don't mean that as a challenge. ryan thank you. very interesting industry. we'll all be a little bit more aware. thanks for the time today, i appreciate it. >> thank you. jon: while uri thinking whether to click the link to cute kittens, think about this. big brother going cyber, uncle

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jon: right now a plan to make you pay a whole lot more every time you fill up your tank. on average americans are already

paying $3.65 for a gallon of regular gas. in california one of the most expensive gas states, folks are paying $4.05 a gallon. the international monetary fund wants to tack another $1.40 onto each and every gallon of gas you buy. peter barnes with the fox business network is here to explain that one. peter. >> reporter: hey, jon that's right. the ims is suggesting a dollar 40 a gallon and higher gasoline taxes would reduce carbon emissions and help fix other problems like the budget deficit and traffic congestion in the u.s. it mentions a tax increase in a new global study on energy subsidies and battling climate change. the fix in the u.s. would triple gas taxes and send the price of a gallon of gas to north of $5. in a speech yesterday the imf's second in command david lip ton said, quote, the time has come for subsidy reform and carbon taxation. critics are blasting the report

saying a tax increase of that magnitude would hurt economic growth and unfairly hurt lower income people who have to buy gas. consumers have mixed reviews. >> i think that it should probably be taxed and then people would find other solutions to getting around. here in d.c. we are lucky, we have public transportation. that is something the whole country needs more of. >> people have already cutback on how much they are driving. i'm not sure what business is it of the imf to say what our taxes should be. >> they say in order to avoid sharp increases in gas prices that might hurt the economy tax increases could be phased in, but jon you know congress has not been able to agree on any increase in the federal gas tax in the last few years so i don't think this is going to happen any time soon. jon: are they pushing this for every country or just for the united states? >> reporter: for the developed countries they say that they should raise taxes to try to

address climate change and all these other problems, so it's not just a recommendation for the u.s. it's for other industrialized countries as well. jon: peter barnes fox business network. thank you. jenna: something to look forward to. i'm only kidding. jon: right. jenna: the f.b.i. is pushing for new tools and laws to try to keep up with the changing technology around us. the bureau is a little worried about terrorists and other criminals who are using different forms of communication that they are having a real hard time tracking. you might hear about it when someone says they are going dark this is what they are worried about, they are off the grid. the f.b.i. wants the power to monster all forms of digital communication in realtime, and that is the catch. rick folbaum is in the newsroom hopefully not being monitored and has more information on all of this. >> reporter: i hope some people out there are monitoring us right now. that would be good. this is a website slate reporting that the f.b.i. wants to be able to tap into our email, our text messages, our internet communications in

realtime that is the key here. that means gmail, google voice, skype, dropbox even x-box live and chat rooms for web games like words with friends. the agency says that's how criminals are communicating with each other and right now the law doesn't allow the fed to monitor those types of things as they are actually happening. investigators can get their hands on them after the fact with a warrant, but that could take days or weeks, and that's just too much time according to the f.b.i., especially in cases that involve national security. there are privacy concerns, of course, but one criminal justice expert says criminal organizations are definitely using these tools, whether they are street gangs, child procedure nothing graphers or terrorists. the f.b.i. is trying to level the playing field. the agency has made expanding these powers a top priority for 2013. jenna: what does that mean for us? thank you very much. a constitutional law attorney is with us. tom it sounds like the

government wants to keep up with the changing technology. what is the concern there? >> the concern, jenna is that just atmosphere of us now communicate through skype and other sorts of networks, criminals and terrorists do too. and the problem is that in the government's view at least the law has not kept pays with the changing technology. the government is basically looking to expand its surveillance ability so that these companies, if and when the government does want to monitor realtime communications, they are in a position to basically allow a wiretap effectively to be placed on their system so the government can monitor those conversations in realtime rather than after the fact skwhrao what is the difference now? if the government was concerned about me, hopefully they are not, they have no reason to be. let's say they were, they would be able to get my emails right now, won't they? what would be really the difference between what is going on now and what the government wants to do? >> well, in large part it's a question of delay. there is no question that the government can ultimately get access to these communications, but it would be cold comfort to

say we can get these emails or chat messages six months after the crime has occurred or god forbid the terrorist attack has occurred. from law enforcement's perspective it's critical that they should be able to monster these communications in realtime as they are happening. and that's why they are seeking the change in the law. jenna: so what do you think about this. tom? do you have any concern about our privacy and how much is being infringed upon by the government? >> there are a number of concerns here. i think certainly there is a privacy concern, there is no question that this is an expansion of government power at the ebbs pens of privacy interest. the other concern is that the way that the legislation would work is in large part it would place the burden on the private companies themselves, those who operate these communication networks to design,, reconfigure their systems to enable government realtime monitoring. and that ain't cheap. it's not as though you can go in and flip a switch and say okay government now you can follow us. instead they'll have to go back, adjust their systems, recode

awful which imposes costs on these companies and it's obviously employee time that could otherwise be spent developing products they are now going to need to spend that money and time enabling their systems to respond to a government subpoena. jenna: google would essentially have to say to the government this is going to be effective, we've developed the technology for you. it's not like the government developing the technology and making google use it so that they have access to realtime communications. >> yeah the government just doesn't want to be in the position where they show up and ring the door pell and say we want that realtime monitoring and the company says, sorry we are not configured to do this. the government wants these companies to basically be wiretap ready so to speak. when the government comes knocking they can instantly go into realtime monitoring mode. jenna: it's very interesting to know that some of these things are out of the government's reach now and what could become of it by the end of this year. tom great to see you as always. thank you. jon: claims of domestic violence in abuse in a sensational capitol murder trial.

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jenna: you've seen the dramatic rescue video, now hear from the officers involved. the back story is the police had to jump into action in ohio after this pickup truck lost control and jumped off the road. the driver was trapped inside as the cabin fills with smoke. police had to break the window, cut the seatbelt and pull the man to safety. >> i don't think i would have been able to breathe in the car much longer due to the amount of smoke. >> it's one of the things you

don't think about when you're doing it but you sit back after and say, wow that could have been a lot worse oregon a different way. >> i wouldn't consider myself a hero. aoeutsd our job and i'm sure that any of us anywhere would do the same to save a person's life regardless of the situation. jenna: folks are now calling those officers heros. they were able to capture the action-packed video by the way by wearing a camera attached to a pair of glasses this is new technology for them. the driver was treated and charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. jon: good for those officers. testimony set to resume today in the jodi arias murder trial after it ended early yesterday. airy as claims she killed her lover in self-defense but cannot remember slashing his throat or stabbing him 27 times. back on the stand today a defense expert on domestic violence. the attorneys hoping to convince the jury that travis alexander abused her. here is that expert on tuesday setting up why a person, apparently meaning travis, without using his name, might

become violent as an adult after suffering abuse as a child. >> i don't think you can live in a drug addicted family with people who are violent and not be fearful. you learn to be fearful, you go into adult life and where that plays out, it may not play out in your professional life in the same way, in your professional life you might be okay because you're not challenged emotionally at the same kind of level that you are as in an intimate relationship. jon: joining us now brian silber a form prosecutor and criminal defense attorney, also with us courtney pilchman a former prosecutor. courtney to you first, this expert seems to have validated some concerns that maybe travis alexander was a violent guy because he had some kind of a violent up bringing. is that going to work with the jury in your opinion? >> absolutely not. i have worked with alice and alice is a phenomenal expert with domestic violence.

what i think will happen if mr. martinez can tone it down during his cross-examination i think that he effective here can turn her into a prosecution witness, and the reason i say that is for the qualities that travis had that may lend him to be someone who could be potentially violent in his life there are also the same qualities that jodi has experienced and exhibited in her past that could make her equally or more violent. jon: so you think the testimony could be turned on her. >> i think that she is a phenomenal expert, she knows her topic and she knows it better than anybody, but i don't think the jury is going to buy that jodi has been abused to a certain degree. i think she is going to establish some characteristics that maybe common to people that potentially down the road could be violence. jon: brian, you say that this witness has done a very good job helping jodi arias' case, why? >> yes she has. because when you hear this woman speak she speaks with an air of

authority. she has tremendous experience, a pioneer in her field, and quite frankly it jives, it makes sense what she is saying. i think that resonates with the jurors, especially if there is a juror on that panel who has their own personal knowledge of domestic violence, whether from their own relationships or someone they know. >> the same junk in, junk out than that applies to every defense expert. >> it's not junk, that's the point. jon: hang on just a second, courtney. brian, don't you think -- i mean don't -- especially after such a long trial don't jurors look at some of these experts and say, ahh, this woman is just getting on the stand to say what the lawyer told her to say? >> that's always a concern and that's always a first thought, but then you have to deal with the substance of the testimony. and the way she is perceived and the way she talks and what she says, and if it makes sense that's what is going to carry over and destroy that initial concern. jon: one of the claims of the

prosecution here, though, courtney is that this was not just a spur of the moment killing, that this was planned in advance. that would go counter to what this domestic violence expert is suggesting. >> i think all that the expert is going to be able to say is that travis had certain characteristics early on being from a drug family and things like that, that he could potentially have acted in a way consistent with what jodi is saying on the stand. the problem with that is when mr. martinez is going to get an opportunity to cross-examine her she is going to have to admit concern things and she is going to have to admit that jodi is a liar, she talked about sex being a control, that jodi had a lot of control in this relationship, and i think that while she is a great expert i think that if mr. martinez can tone it down and ask her some very specific questions that she is going to have to admit that in fact jodi

possibly has those same sort of characteristics and could be violent. jon: as this trial wind down we will continue to follow it. thanks for your thoughts today. jenna: shocking new study about texting and driving. how many people know it's wrong but do it anyway, and who the biggest culprits are will really surprise you. that's next. ♪ constipated? yeah. mm. some laxatives like dulcolax can cause cramps. but phillips' caplets don't. they have magnesium. for effective relief of occasional constipation. thanks. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. by the armful? by the barrelful? e carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition, energy, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us.

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shocking new study revealing just how many folks know it's wrong but still do it. and the biggest culprits are probably not who you think. julie banderas is live from the newsroom with more. julie. >> reporter: yeah you know a study by at&t actual high shows that more than 98% of adults admit that they know it's wrong but they still do it anyway. and six in ten say they weren't doing it three years ago. its looking like the problem is actually only getting worse. what is surprising about it is the worst offenders aren't teenagers like most of you probably guessed but adults who are breaking the law. of the 1,011 adults polled 49%

admit to texting while driving come paeurld with 43% of teenagers. drivers distracted by texting is the cause of thousands of crashes a year killing over nine people each day and injuring over a thousand. as of today texting while driving is banned in 39 states and the advertise strict in columbia, in six states new drivers are prohibit towed do so. according to the national safety council those laws aren't stopping millions of offenders every day including 10 million teens and about 180 million adults. it's accidents like this one that make texting and i driving the most dangerous form of distraction, because it involves your eyes, hands and mind when the focus should be on the road and your surroundings. police say the driver of this tow truck in upstate new york was talking on a cellphone and texting at the same time when he hit a car then crashed into a swimming pool. meantime another study by the department of transportation shows sending or receiving texts

takes a driver's eyes away from the road for 4.6 second, that is about how long it takes to drive the length of a football field at 55 miles per hour, creating a crash risk 23 times worse than driving while not distracted. alarming numbers and it's sad to say that people admit they do it and they do it anyway, that is the worst part. jenna: you just can't keep the phone with you when you're driving, next to you. have you to put it in the back seat, the trunk. >> reporter: i'd say the trunk. receipt days when you'd pull up to a pay phone, i don't know if you ever did that. that's what people had to do, they relied on may phones. they have to bring pay phones back. jenna: people probably don't need to reach you that urgently as well. you have to have a little mystery for once in your lives for goodness sakes. a good reminder for all of us, thank you. >> reporter: sure. jon: all good things must come to an end and for the miami heat and their fans their long-winning streak is one of them. the heath striving for nba history but the chicago bulls got in their way beating the

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